A Day to Remember: For Those Who Have HeartFor Those Who Have Heart (2007)Victory Records

Reviewer Rating: 2.5

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Contributed by: GlassPipeMurderGlassPipeMurder(others by this writer | submit your own)Published on March 20th 2007"It would be almost too easy and obvious to describe A Day to Remember as the creators of one of the unforgettable rock albums of 2007, but that wouldn't make it any less true. Hailing from Ocala, Florida, the five members of A Day to Remember have crafted a unique blend of what can best be called ".

"It would be almost too easy and obvious to describe A Day to Remember as the creators of one of the unforgettable rock albums of 2007, but that wouldn't make it any less true. Hailing from Ocala, Florida, the five members of A Day to Remember have crafted a unique blend of what can best be called "pop-mosh" -- a potent combination of ultra-high energy and tart-sweet melodies. You can hear the melodic chaos in its full glory on For Those Who Have Heart, their debut album on Victory Records."

That's the insufferable promo propaganda that pops up on Last.fm every time a track by A Day to Remember is scrobbled from my iTunes while my playlist is on shuffle. This band goes for about every style popular in the teen scene today, and "pop-mosh" is about the least accurate description possible, as the record is neither catchy enough to be considered pop nor consistently fast and hard enough to be associated with a mosh, unless flailing spin kicks are to be considered "mosh."

The interesting impracticality of assigning a score to this album is that much of the music is quite good -- the problem lies in the relatively few but consistently occurring faults: the belch-style vocals, the stomp-by-numbers breakdowns, and the occasionally mawkish lyrics by means of wailing emo vocals. "Show ‚??Em the Ropes" flirts with quality before being ruined by grunts and lyrics as bad as any Self Against City ballad. Easily the best song on For Those Who Have Heart is "Here's to the Past," a great melodic hardcore song with a furious rhythm, decent lyrics, and minimal belched yells.

As one saving grace to an overall questionable album, A Day to Remember comes off as far less pompous than many of their scene-ruling contemporaries like Senses Fail or Escape the Fate. The band's good intentions radiate on For Those Who Have Heart. Unfortunately for A Day to Remember, good intentions don't necessarily translate to quality, and the end result is an album mediocre at best.

I laughted pretty fucking hard at your statement "And in mere seconds the melodic punk is replaced by vocals that sound like a post-Taco Bell burrito belch"
Haha you dont know what your talking about
this band is accually amazing!

this band puts so much effort into each song. Their Live Performance is one any fan of the scene needs to check out. A TON OF ENERGY and a ton of fun. look forward to the release of homesick in early 09 its gonna be great

this is a good band listened to their last cd which sourda sucked band recording too but this one blows it away and
for the reviewer this is actually POP PUNK/Hardcore
so i think its diffrent so now go review some ska cds or sumthing